Penholder.



E. A. WILLIAMS.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 0,1013.

1,1 06, 1 73, Patented Aug: 4, 1914.

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EDGAR A. \VILLIAIVIS, OF UPPER BLACK EDDY, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Au". 41, 1914:.

Application filed May 8, 1913. Serial No. 766,392.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR A. lVILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Upper Black Eddy, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention comprehends improvements in pen holders and relates more particularly to those of the ejecting type having a magazine adapted to hold a plurality of pen points.

One of the objects of the invention resides in the provision of an ejecting magazine pen holder of this type, which shall be of extremely simple construction, cheap to manufacture, and capable of holding a plu rality of pen points, which are moved into operative position by a sliding sleeve.

The invention also aims to generally improve devices of this nature to render them more useful, e'tlicient, and commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view, as

will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in oer tain novel features of construction, combination, and. arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of m in vention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which,

liigure l is a top plan view of my im proved pen holder, 2 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional. view, taken on a plane atright angles to the plane of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary top plan View with the sleeve shown in section, Fig. 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view taken on a plane at right angles to the plane of F 2, Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View taken on the plane of line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and, Fig. 6 is a similar view taken on the plane of line 66 of Fig. 2.

teferring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 10 designates the stock or handle of the pen holder, which is circular in cross section and of a slightly reduced diameter adjacent one end so as to fit within a casing or barrel 11.

l The reduced end portion of tie stock forms a shoulder 12 against which the inner end of the casing abuts. This casing is prei'e-ably formed of a sheet metal plate rolled into a cylindrical form and is cut away upon its upper side adjacent its meeting edges to provide a longitudinal opening 13 slightly longer than a pen point and of an even width therewith. The inner end of the casing closely surrounds the pen stock, as indicated at 1 1, and is formed with a slot 15 which opens into the slot or opening 13. The meeting edges of the easlng, adjacent their upper ends, are bent to form the pen engaging nibs or prongs 16. These are spaced apart a slight distance, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5, conform to the concave face of a pen point, and project somewhat beyond the casing. Shoulders 17 are formed at the juncture of the nibs 16 and easing proper and prevent a pen point moving circumiierentially of the casin A pen holding compartment or magazine 18 is formed within the casing 11 by means of the parallel side walls 19 which are spaced apart a distance equal to the width of the opening 13 and which extend the full length thereof; and an end wall 20 having an outwardly projecting flange 21 which is riveted or otherwise secured to the bottom of the casing. These three walls, together with the interior of the casing, and the end of the stock 10, form a pen receiving chamber open along its upper side. The magazine walls 19 and 20 may be formed of a single strip of metal, as clearly shown in Fig. .1:, and the flange 21 may be relied upon to secure said walls in place or they may be soldercd to the interior of the casing. It will be noted that the magazine extends from the nihs 16 to the stock and bracing portion 14: oi. the casing.

A pen point supporting spring 22 is positioned within the magazine and tends to force the pen points 23 toward the opening 13. This spring is rectangular in shape and is provided with an arm 24; which is formed by slitting the spring longitudinally for a portion of its length and bending the metal between the slits at an angle to the main portion of the spring. The arm 24: is riveted or otherwise secured to the inner end of the casing 11 and the stock is recessed, as indicated by the numeral 25, to receive the riveted portion 26 of the spring arm.

A longitudinally movable sleeve 27 surrounds the casing 11 and is adapted to be moved inwardly onto the stock 10. This sleeve is equal in length to the casing and is held against rotation thereon by means of a pin 28 which projects into a longitudinal slot 29 formed in said casing. Referring to Fig. 4, it will be seen that this slot is about equal in length to the magazine.

A resilient strip of metal 30 is riveted or otherwise secured within the longitudinal recess 31 formed in the interior surface of the sleeve adjacent its outer end and is formed with a spur or tongue 32, which is adapted to engage the rear end of a pen point and move the same outwardly. The pen stock 10 is recessed, as indicated at 38, to receive the tongue 32 when the sleeve 27 is at the limit of its inward movement.

When it is desired to fill the pen point reservoir, the sleeve is moved inwardly as far as possible so as to partly uncover the opening 13. The pen points 23 may then be forced into the reservoir by pressing the supporting spring 22. When a sufficient number of pen points have been thus placed, the sleeve is pushed outwardly, carrying with it the strip 30. The tongue 32 formed on this strip engages therear end of the uppermost pen point and slides said point outwardly to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The nibs 16 force the pen point against the inner face of the sleeve and hold it rigid in the proper position for writing. To dislodge the old pen point and replace itwith a new one, it is only necessary to draw the sleeve inwardly so as to release the old pen point and. then force it outwardly so as to move a fresh pen point into writing position.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a comparatively strong and simple ejecting magazine pen holder, which may be easily loaded and quickly operated so as to replace an old pen point with a fresh one.

It is to be understood that while I have shown and described the preferred embodim-ent of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to this exact construction, combina tion, and arrangement of parts, but may make such changes as will fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l 1. In a pen holder a tubular casing, a pair of pen engaging prongs, the casing and prongs being formed from a single piece of flat metal, the casing being formed with a longitudinal recess, a magazine formed within the casing about said recess, an ejector sleeve surrounding the casing and prongs, said sleeve being adapted to clamp a pen point against the prongs, and a spur secured to the interior of the sleeve at a distance from its forward end to engage a pen point and eject it from the magazine into operative position.

2. A pen holder including a cylindrical casing formed from a sheet of flat metal, the forward end of said casing adjacent the meeting edges thereof being shaped to provide a pair of pen engaging prongs, said casbeing also formed with a longitudinal recess in the wall thereof, a magazine formed within the casing and communicating with said recess, a sleeve surrounding the casing and closing the magazine, and a prong carried upon the interior of the sleeve intermediate its ends for engagement with the pen to eject it from the magazine, the sleeve serving to clamp the pen point against said pen engaging prongs.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR A. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR C. SHAW,

F. G. Corn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

